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Mobley, Agnieszka - red. nauk. ; Fondo, Blossom N. - red. nauk. ; Filipczak, Iwona - red. nauk.
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globalization ; imagination ; agency ; transnational identities ; imagined communities
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This article draws on Arjun Appadurai`s theory of the power of imagination in modern life expressed in his book "Modernity at Large" (1996). In his attempt to capture the chaotic character of globalization, which he identifies as five different flows, or "scapes", Appadurai notices that the flows are mutually constitutive, while migrations and circulation of the media images, so ethnoscapes and mediascapes respectively, affect human imagination and, in the result, shape modern subjectivities. ; In the article I attempt to expose the role of imagination as represented in Bharati Mukherjee`s novel "Leave It To Me" (1997). I explore its impact on the formation of the transnational identities, creation of ?imagined communities?, and cultures of violence. I also notice its connection to agency, an element which requires considerable attention when analyzing the novel`s themes, such as rethinking of national belonging and the questions of home. ; Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to show how Mukherjee renders the complexity of identities in the times of global deterritorialization and transnational connectivities, and to reflect on the power of ethnoscapes, which open up space for new imaginaries of belonging. Mukherjee draws a distinction between "old" and "new" immigrants in the US and shows the currency of the often deterritorialized lives, which remain in the net of dependencies and connections instead of displaying a loyalty to just one state. ; The novel never brings up the issue of fear of others, or strangers, but shows acceptance of great diversification of identities, taking for granted both the possibility of multiple selves and hybridization of identities. It can be therefore concluded that "Leave It to Me" tries to draw a picture of "contemporary globalizing of American culture" (Lauter).
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Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
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Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego: Seria Scripta Humana, tom 15